Photo Essay: Presidential Elections in Turkmenistan

Ashgabat, 15 February 2012 (nCa) — The presidential elections held in Turkmenistan 12 February 2012 have attracted mostly negative publicity in the western media. It was predictable. Hardly anything else can be expected from the media that is cocooned in its own prejudices.

The cliches are true after all: The beauty is in the eye of the beholder; and, a picture is worth a thousand words. See for yourself.